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Glimpses. 46 West Street

Built in 1876 by Moses C Merrill

A Mansard roofed Italianate in the West End. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, History, Images, Italianate, Then & Now, West End, West End Walks, West Street and tagged Architecture, Glimpses, History, Hmm, images, Italianate, mansard roof, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now, West End on July 4, 2021 by alewifecove.

West End Walks. 77-79 Carleton Street

Built ca: 1855 by Sewall Chase

An odd brick Italianate in the West End. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Carleton Street, Edward Chase, History, Images, Italianate, Sewall Chase, Then & Now, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, Edward Chase, History, Hmm, images, immigration, Italianate, Russian immigration, Sewall Chase, Then and Now, West End on June 20, 2021 by alewifecove.

15-17 Deering Street

Built in 1870 for Caroline and Thomas Weston. Simon Libby, builder. Samuel Knight and Nathan Redlon, masons.

A large Italianate double-house in the Deering Street Historic District. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in After the fire, Architecture, Brick, Deering Street, Double House, History, Images, Italianate, Masons, Nathan E Redlon, Parkside, Remuddling, Samuel A Knight, Simon Libby and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Brick, History, images, Italianate, Maine, mason, Nathan E Redlon, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, Samuel A Knight, Simon H Libby, Then and Now on June 6, 2021 by alewifecove.

44-46 Avon Street

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Built on speculation in 1874 by Elbridge G P Smith

A funky Second Empire in the Parkside neighborhood Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Avon Street, Double House, Elbridge G P Smith, History, Images, mansard roof, Parkside, Remuddling, Second Empire, shudders and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, History, Hmm, images, Maine, mansard roof, Portland, Portland Maine, Remuddling, Second Empire, shudders, shutters, Then and Now on May 23, 2021 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 45 Thomas Street

Built ca: 1866 for Augustin Gamage

A handsome Italianate in the Western Promenade Historic District
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This entry was posted in Architecture, Brick, Glimpses, History, Images, Italianate, Portland Savings Bank, Remuddling, The Great Fire of 1866, Then & Now, Thomas Street, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, Brick, Glimpses, History, images, Italianate, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Portland Savings Bank, Remuddling, Then and Now, West End on May 9, 2021 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 23 St Lawrence Street

Built ca: 1851 for George Marston & Charles Montgomery.

A solid late-period Greek Revival on the slope of Munjoy Hill.

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, Greek Revival, History, Images, Munjoy Hill, St Lawrence Street and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, East End, Greater Portland Landmarks, Greek Revival, History, images, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on April 25, 2021 by alewifecove.

26 Belmont Street

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Built ca 1906 for Captain Lincoln Jewett. Design by John Calvin and John Howard Stevens

A handsome Queen-Anne in the Coyle Park neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Belmont Street, Coyle Park, Edward Winslow, Greater Portland Landmarks, History, Images, John Calvin Stevens, John Howard Stevens, Llewellyn Morse Leighton, Off the peninsula, Queen Anne, Then & Now and tagged 20th Century, 6 masted schooner, Architecture, Captain Lincoln W Jewett, Coyle Park, Greater Portland Landmarks, History, images, Jacob Winslow, John Calvin Stevens, John Howard Stevens, Lincoln Jewett, Llewellyn Morse Leighton, Maine, Percy & Small Shipyard, Portland, Portland Maine, Queen Anne Style, Schooner Eleanor A. Percy, Then and Now on January 17, 2021 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 136 Pleasant Street

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Built ca: 1830. Probably built by Joseph Ilsley.

A simple, late period, Federal in the Park-Pleasant Street neighborhood Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Architecture, Federal style, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, History, Images, Park/Pleasant Street, Pleasant Street, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Architecture, Federal style, Glimpses, Greater Portland Landmarks, Greek Revival, History, images, Kerry Drach, Maine, Neva Cram, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on January 3, 2021 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 14 Hanover Street

Built ca: 1849 by Ira Brett

A modest brick Greek Revival in the Bayside neighborhood. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Airbnb, Architecture, Bayside, Brick, Byron Greenough, Glimpses, Greek Revival, Hanover Street, History, Images, Ira Brett, Park Street Church, Sewall Chase, Then & Now and tagged 19th Century, Alphonso Gilkey, Alphonzo Gilkey, Architecture, Bayside, Brick, Byron Greenough, Glimpses, Greek Revival, History, Ira Brett, Park Street Church, Portland, Portland Maine, Then and Now on December 6, 2020 by alewifecove.

Glimpses. 50 Cushman Street.

Built in 1870 by James Tenney for Clinton and Olive Jones

A substantial Second Empire in the West End neighborhood.

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This entry was posted in Cushman Street, Glimpses, Images, James A Tenney, Second Empire, Then & Now, West End, West End Walks and tagged 19th Century, After the fire, doors, entries, History, images, James Tenney, Joseph LeGuennec, Maine, Portland, Portland Maine, Second Empire, Then and Now, West End on November 8, 2020 by alewifecove.

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